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Evening Star, Issue 16050, 29 February 1916, Page 4

No cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Dunedin, but, acting on tho principle that prevention is better, than cure, the local authorities are taking active measures to see that tho risk of the epidemic spreading to Dunedin is minimised as much as possible. A conference convened by Mr J. If. Walker (chairman of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board) was held in the Mayor’s room this morning. There were present, in addition to Mr _ Walker and Mr Clark, Professor Cbnmptaloup, thoTbwn Clerk (Mr Lewin), and the city engineer (Mr M'Curdio). It was decided that there should bo a strict supervision over stables and hen runs and all places that are likely to become insanitary, and that tho area in which, street watering is done (by means of salt water) should he enlarged. Tho Hospital Board will give assistance by spraying with disinfectants spots that are infested with flies, as it is recognised that tho common fly is a busy carrier of disease germs. It is satisfactory to find that the council and the board have dealt with tho situation so promptly. The local branch of tho British Medical Association, it :s understood, have expressed their willingness to co-operate in the matter. An Auckland message says:—The express which left for Wellington at 8.50 last night collided with some waggons at Pulipkohe. One waggon of the express was derailed, and the buffers of other waggons were damaged. Practically no damage was done to the engine or carriages, and no passengers were injured. Tho express resumed its journey at midnight. The armlets for men who have enrolled hut are waiting to be called up arrived at district headquarters this morning, and are being distributed to the four groups in the district. Men who are entitled to wear these armlets should make application to the group commander at the Kensington Drill Hall. The Hon. Mr Massey stated last night that about 160 favorable replies had been received from local, bodies and members of the Legislature in connection with the new recruiting scheme, but it took time to get the local organisations into working order. Ho did not want anybody to jump to the conclusion that a posible temporary shortage in the Fourteenth Reinforcements, due to encamp next week, would mean failure of the new recruiting scheme. The fact was that tho new scheme was not yefc in operation. Its effectiveness could not be gauged by tho present position.—Wellington correspondent.

Mr Paulin telephoned at 2 p.m. Strong N.E. winds, changing to S.W • electrical rain showers after- 24 hours. * ’ There has been a recurrence of measles at Trentham Camp during the last week or two, and a number of patients are under treatment ,at the present time. The cases are not severe, and tho trouble has nob assumed the proportions' of an epidemic. Apparently the local medical science has not discovered a method of keeping a largo military camp free from this complaint. Outbreaks of measles have occurred in practically all bm camps in the United Kingdom. The trouble has even made its way to the base camps in France and has found its way into the firing line. One of the New Zealand medical officers told tho correspondent of the Dunedin 1 Star ’ that he saw no reason at all to anticipate serious developments in connection with the present outbreak. Mr S. Turner, F.R.G.S., of Wellington, accompanied by Guides Milne and Lippe made a complete traverse of the three peaks of Mount Cook last Thursday. Ascending from the Hooker bivouac by the west face to the third peak, tlie party followed the main arete to the second and highest summit, descending by Green’s route to the Haast bivouac. The weather was perfect," but tho mountain. ic& was . “ov-essitating much step-cutting. The Linda Glacier was much crevasaea and was difficult to negotiate. ’ This morning the City engineer estimated that the City’s, store oi water represented a 16-days’ supply. The occasional showers have helped It is hopi that now the cooler days are comino- the anxiety will soon be over. Nevertheless economy is a public duty, and eveiy person who wastes water or hoses his garden .is injuring the community. Fishing m the Rangitata River on Friday morning in daylight Mr James Prinrio caught a beautiful quimiat'salmon weighmg Just on 251b. It was caught, from a small minnow, and took half an hour to land. The fish was in. splendid condition. . -' ir C. A. Wilson mentioned at the meet, nig of the Acclimatisation Society last night that eels were uncommonly abundant in the Le"h tins season, and taking quantities of the young trout. It was decided to put an tel pot there.

In tho Supreme Court at Wellington yesterdav, before Mr Justice Chapman, the hearing was concluded in a case in which Francis J. R Heath sued Dr Prendergast Knight for £1,178 damages for injuries resulting from a collision between th-j defendant’s no,tor car and the plaintiff’s cycle at Courtenay place in Negligence was alleged on both sides. The plaintiff suffered a broken leg. The jury awarded the plaintiff £625 as general damages.

■ Sharks are reported to bo very plentiful this summer m th© Bav of Plenty, and also to be exceedingly' hungry. The officers of the Tasman on her last trip down from Auckland, says tho Whakatane ‘ Press,’ had a unique opportunity of confirming this. On the voyage up a large shark kept company with the steamer for quite a time, but on the voyage back to the port when the log wan hauled in near IV hale Island it was found that a hungry shark had attempted to eat it. One of the blades or fins of the miniature propeller had disappeared, another was bent and half off. while the main metal portion showed numerous marks of sharp teeth and snapping jaws. Evidently a hungry shark, attracted, by the awirl'of the log, had made a partially- successful attempt to swallow it.

On dit that Mr Goo. Livingstone will bo the new member of tho Otago Education Board for North Ward. Mr Moller was vely close up. Ho intends to stand for one of the four Dunedin seats at the general election of the board in August. Tho_ price of dairy butter took a sudden rise yesterday morning, and is now quoted locally at Is 3d per lb retail—an advance of 3d per lb on last week’s quotations.—‘ Brucs Herald.’

Three eases of scarlet fever are reported as having occurred near the south-western boundary of Milton (says the ‘ Bruce Herald ’), and other suspicious cases of severe throat affection in the same locality _ are under medical treatment. The patients are all adults, no children having yet been affected.

The following resolution was unanimously carried at a full meeting of the Hillside branch, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants;—“ That this meeting of the Hillside branch of the A.S.R-.S. emphatically protest against the action of the Minister of Railways in regard to an increase of pay to all sections of the railwaymen, and consider that members have borne with this attitude long enough, and demand an increase of at least 2s per day, owing to tire high increase in the cost of living. Failing a satisfactory reply within a reasonable time, the executive be urged to return to Wellington immediately and consider the strongest constitutional method to obtain the same.” Mr E. Anderson, chairman of tiro Auckland Chamber of Commerce, does not share tiro view as- to the possibilities of industrial unrest at tiro close of the present war. Discussing this matter in his presidential address last week, he.said; “Before the war is closed the British Army, numbering many millions, -will be fighting chiefly on foreign soil, and they will have a unique opportunity of observing the characteristics of other races. The men of this huge army wall certainly return with a wider outlook, and with tire knowledge that our enemies also possess a degree of that doggediress and perseverance which is eo characteristic of our race in war and in sport, but is lees prominent in tha drab battle for commercial supremacy. -Now, is it not reasonable to assume that the educating influence of these millions will have the effect of restraining, rather than producing, industrial strife added tha speaker. ” Will not these men return filled with the instinctive mistrust the man of action feels towards the glib talker, and will they be so readily swayed by the claptrap of tho professional agitator? Will not all classes, master and man alike, return more alive to the necessity of a combination of forces to successfully cope with the competition of races just as industrious and certainly more thrifty than our own? Time alone will teU. In the meantime there is every reason that out of tiie ashes. of this awful holocaust our Empire will arise materially poorer', but with assets of a greater value than all the millions poured into the melting pot of war.”

As a memorial to his late sister (Mrs Hives), Air A. P. Whatman, of “Abbotsford,” Masterton, has presented to tho Salvation. Army a house at Russell, Bay of Islands, to ho used as a home for the children of wounded and fallen soldi ere. Tho bouse will accommodate about 30, and is situated on an excellent site on the sea beach.

Sir R. Wallace, K.G., said. at. the Lorn don sessions recently that tho reports winch he had received from the Probation Officers at that Court showed that only two or three -of the persons whom lie had bound over during tho past 12 months had been again- convicted. It was a most -amazing result, far beyond anything he had ever dreamed of, and he could only sav, as one who had worked this Act for all it was worth, that he was sure it had saved hundreds of Jives and restored them to society when otherwise they would have joined the ranks of the regular criminal. Considerable discussion took place at the annual meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Builders and Contractors’ Association relative to the frequent increases in the price of timber, and it was decided to ask the Wellington executive to approach the Government with a view to removing the duty on imported timbers and to pkffi© an export duty on timber leaving the Domillion. The meeting approved of the proposal of the Wellington executive to appoint an organising secretary for New Zealand, and agreed to pay the sum of £7O if required towards the salary and expenses of such an offer. A memorial window in memory , 0 f gj r William Russell and his sons wag unveiled at St. Matthew's Church, Hastings on Sunday forenoon. The window represents the story of the Nativity—the Virgin and Child in the centre panel, the wise men and shepherds on either side, and the outer panel angles. The whole work has been faithfully and beautifully executed. At Hi© same service a memorial tablet in memory of a- son who fell near Ypres was also unveiled. c

f “ The membership of tho Independent Order of Oddfellows,” said tho Provinm! Grand Master, Mr F. A. Smith, in Auckland last week, “exceeds 1,500,000, with capital amounting to £-16,824,467, which is £392,559 over the previous return. The society, distributed tho large slim of £1,927,925 in benefits in 1914, the last return available.’' “The sooner corporal punishment is abolished in the schools tho better,” is the opinion of Mr G. J. Garland, chairman of the Auckland Education Board. He added that he had held the opinion for the pa.si 30 years, and bad seen no reason to change it. Corporal punishment, except for very grave offences, such as lying, thieving, or grave misconduct, should not bo tolerated in the service, as a teacher ha* a remedy by securing the expulsion of the offender from the school. He knew of schools where corporal punishment had not been resorted to for 15 years, and of others m which it had never been inflicted. Tho work in such schools had been shown to be excellent. The veteran praises Watson’s No. 10 whisky. It appeals to him as purest, most mellow—[Advt.] Particulars regarding excursions on the Ferry Company’s steamers appear u? -this issue, 1 iPp, The Thinker’s Favorite” Writing Tablets, price Is Read both sides of cover, then nwditato thereon.—[Advfc.] A glass of Speight’s beer at lunch and supper is better than all the tea in China—[Advt.J Ladies recommend Martin’s Apiol and Steel iiiis. cold by all chemists and stores. Seo you get the genuine—[Advt.] Watson s No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the monev—[Advt.J